BRINGING BACK OUR OCEANS BY CAROL HAND CONTENT CONSULTANT Ellen K Pikitch Professor and Executive Director Institute for Ocean Conservation Science Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Essential Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORIES
Green sea turtles nest in more than 80 countries
Chapter ONE SEA TURTLES AN EARLY WARNING Every year visitors to the southern coast of Florida might get lucky At night between May and October they might see big clumsy green sea turtles lumbering out of the water and onto the beach The turtles are an impressive sight with shells averaging 4 9 feet 1 5 m long The top shell or carapace is black on babies but changes color throughout life It eventually becomes shades of gray green brown or black
